2007 World Women's Handball Championship
Appearance
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 11 (in 11 host cities) |
Dates | December 2 – December 16 |
Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 92 |
Goals scored | 5,084 (55.26 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player | ![]() |
The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship took place in France from 2 December to 16 December 2007. It was the 18th team handball world championship for women. A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament. Russia won, with Norway as runner-up.
Venues
City | Stadium | Capacity | Matches |
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Beauvais | L'Elispace | 2,800 | IHF President Cup |
Dijon | Palais des Sports de Dijon | 3,900 | Main Tour |
Lyon | Palais des Sports de Gerland | 5,100 | Preliminary round |
Metz | Arènes de Metz | 4,800 | Main Tour |
Nantes | Palais des Sports de Beaulieu | 4,500 | Preliminary round |
Nîmes | Le Parnasse | 4,000 | Preliminary round |
Paris | Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy | 14,000 | Final |
Pau | Palais des Sports de Pau | 6,500 | Preliminary round |
Plaisir | Palais des Sports Pierre de Coubertin | 1,260 | IHF President Cup |
Saint-Brieuc | Salle Steredenn | 2,400 | Preliminary round |
Toulon | Palais des Sports de Toulon | 4,200 | Preliminary round |
Source: IHF.info
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place in Paris on 20 June 2007.
Group A (Pau)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 58 | +38 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 71 | +25 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 88 | −17 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 98 | −46 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 2, 2007 | |||
Croatia ![]() |
35 : 25 | ![]() | |
France ![]() |
37 : 12 | ![]() | |
December 3, 2007 | |||
Argentina ![]() |
18 : 35 | ![]() | |
Kazakhstan ![]() |
20 : 31 | ![]() | |
December 4, 2007 | |||
Argentina ![]() |
22 : 26 | ![]() | |
France ![]() |
28 : 26 | ![]() |
Group B (Saint-Brieuc)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 60 | +38 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 62 | +16 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 66 | +23 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 106 | −77 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 2, 2007 | |||
Brazil ![]() |
36 : 9 | ![]() | |
Russia ![]() |
27 : 22 | ![]() | |
December 3, 2007 | |||
Australia ![]() |
7 : 40 | ![]() | |
Macedonia ![]() |
26 : 22 | ![]() | |
December 4, 2007 | |||
Macedonia ![]() |
30 : 13 | ![]() | |
Russia ![]() |
31 : 31 | ![]() |
Group C (Lyon)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 65 | +42 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 74 | +26 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 85 | −11 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 115 | −57 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 2, 2007 | |||
Austria ![]() |
32 : 19 | ![]() | |
Norway ![]() |
32 : 26 | ![]() | |
December 3, 2007 | |||
Dominican Republic ![]() |
19 : 42 | ![]() | |
Angola ![]() |
33 : 22 | ![]() | |
December 4, 2007 | |||
Norway ![]() |
33 : 20 | ![]() | |
Angola ![]() |
41 : 20 | ![]() |
Group D (Toulon)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 83 | +25 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 81 | +8 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 95 | −21 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 88 | −12 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 2, 2007 | |||
Poland ![]() |
29 : 23 | ![]() | |
Romania ![]() |
31 : 29 | ![]() | |
December 3, 2007 | |||
Tunisia ![]() |
21 : 39 | ![]() | |
China ![]() |
20 : 27 | ![]() | |
December 4, 2007 | |||
China ![]() |
27 : 30 | ![]() | |
Romania ![]() |
38 : 33 | ![]() |
Group E (Nîmes)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 77 | +17 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 79 | +12 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 90 | −14 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 103 | −15 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 2, 2007 | |||
Spain ![]() |
29 : 24 | ![]() | |
Hungary ![]() |
35 : 31 | ![]() | |
December 3, 2007 | |||
Congo ![]() |
20 : 33 | ![]() | |
Japan ![]() |
29 : 36 | ![]() | |
December 4, 2007 | |||
Japan ![]() |
28 : 32 | ![]() | |
Hungary ![]() |
26 : 26 | ![]() |
Group F (Nantes)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 59 | +44 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 69 | +33 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 69 | +20 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 138 | −97 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 2, 2007 | |||
Germany ![]() |
26 : 21 | ![]() | |
South Korea ![]() |
50 : 12 | ![]() | |
December 3, 2007 | |||
Paraguay ![]() |
12 : 45 | ![]() | |
Ukraine ![]() |
25 : 26 | ![]() | |
December 4, 2007 | |||
Germany ![]() |
32 : 26 | ![]() | |
Ukraine ![]() |
43 : 17 | ![]() |
Main round
Group M I (Metz)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 124 | +23 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 116 | +33 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 152 | −3 | 6 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 133 | −3 | 6 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 137 | 156 | −19 | 1 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 152 | −31 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 6, 2007 | ||||
15:00 | Croatia ![]() |
25 : 30 | ![]() | |
19:00 | France ![]() |
27 : 29 | ![]() | |
21:20 | Macedonia ![]() |
22 : 34 | ![]() | |
December 8, 2007 | ||||
15:00 | Macedonia ![]() |
23 : 29 | ![]() | |
17:00 | Croatia ![]() |
28 : 34 | ![]() | |
19:15 | Norway ![]() |
22 : 21 | ![]() | |
December 9, 2007 | ||||
14:30 | Macedonia ![]() |
25 : 33 | ![]() | |
16:30 | Norway ![]() |
35 : 29 | ![]() | |
19:00 | Russia ![]() |
31 : 20 | ![]() | |
December 11, 2007 | ||||
16:30 | Angola ![]() |
27 : 40 | ![]() | |
19:15 | France ![]() |
26 : 24 | ![]() | |
21:15 | Macedonia ![]() |
29 : 29 | ![]() |
Group M II (Dijon)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 137 | +27 | 8 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 145 | +6 | 7 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 144 | 144 | 0 | 6 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 150 | −3 | 4 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 137 | 144 | −7 | 3 |
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 167 | −13 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 6, 2007 | ||||
14:30 | Romania ![]() |
31 : 27 | ![]() | |
18:30 | Spain ![]() |
25 : 30 | ![]() | |
20:30 | Poland ![]() |
26 : 28 | ![]() | |
December 8, 2007 | ||||
14:30 | Germany ![]() |
30 : 30 | ![]() | |
16:30 | Poland ![]() |
33 : 37 | ![]() | |
18:30 | Spain ![]() |
19 : 32 | ![]() | |
December 9, 2007 | ||||
14:30 | Spain ![]() |
28 : 26 | ![]() | |
16:30 | Hungary ![]() |
34 : 31 | ![]() | |
18:30 | Germany ![]() |
35 : 32 | ![]() | |
December 11, 2007 | ||||
16:30 | South Korea ![]() |
31 : 26 | ![]() | |
18:30 | Romania ![]() |
32 : 24 | ![]() | |
20:30 | Spain ![]() |
29 : 30 | ![]() |
Finals
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
December 13, 2007 - 18:00 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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December 15, 2007 - 17:30 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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December 13, 2007 - 13:00 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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December 16, 2007 - 16:30 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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December 13, 2007 - 20:30 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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December 15, 2007 - 15:00 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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December 13, 2007 - 15:30 (Paris) | ||||||||||
![]() | 30 | Bronze-final | ||||||||
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December 16, 2007 - 14:00 (Paris) | ||||||||||
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President's Cup
Group I (Beauvais)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 38 | +36 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 6, 2007 | ||||
18:30 | Kazakhstan ![]() |
19 : 36 | ![]() | |
December 7, 2007 | ||||
18:30 | Kazakhstan ![]() |
20 : 25 | ![]() | |
December 8, 2007 | ||||
14:30 | Brazil ![]() |
38 : 19 | ![]() |
Group II (Beauvais)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 6, 2007 | ||||
20:30 | Tunisia ![]() |
24 : 16 | ![]() | |
December 7, 2007 | ||||
20:30 | Tunisia ![]() |
26 : 31 | ![]() | |
December 8, 2007 | ||||
16:30 | Congo ![]() |
28 : 31 | ![]() |
Group III (Plaisir)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 57 | −34 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 6, 2007 | ||||
18:30 | Argentina ![]() |
31 : 9 | ![]() | |
December 7, 2007 | ||||
18:30 | Argentina ![]() |
21 : 20 | ![]() | |
December 8, 2007 | ||||
14:30 | Australia ![]() |
14 : 26 | ![]() |
Group IV (Plaisir)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
December 6, 2007 | ||||
20:30 | China ![]() |
22 : 30 | ![]() | |
December 7, 2007 | ||||
20:30 | China ![]() |
23 : 14 | ![]() | |
December 8, 2007 | ||||
16:30 | Japan ![]() |
36 : 8 | ![]() |
Placement Matches
19th-24th Place (Plaisir)
December 9, 2007 | |||||
12:00 | 23/24 | Australia ![]() |
14 : 16 | ![]() | |
14:30 | 21/22 | Dominican Republic ![]() |
16 : 35 | ![]() | |
17:00 | 19/20 | Argentina ![]() |
20 : 31 | ![]() |
13th-18th Place (Beauvais)
December 9, 2007 | |||||
12:00 | 17/18 | Kazakhstan ![]() |
26 : 27 | ![]() | |
14:30 | 15/16 | Austria ![]() |
23 : 30 | ![]() | |
17:00 | 13/14 | Brazil ![]() |
21 : 24 | ![]() |
9th-12th Place (Paris)
December 14, 2007 | |||||
18:15 | 11/12 | Macedonia ![]() |
31 : 33 | ![]() | |
20:45 | 9/10 | Croatia ![]() |
30 : 25 | ![]() |
5th-8th Place (Paris)
December 15, 2007 | |||||
10:00 | South Korea ![]() |
41 : 33 | ![]() | ||
12:30 | France ![]() |
32 : 27 | ![]() | ||
December 16, 2007 | |||||
09:00 | 7/8 | Angola ![]() |
37 : 36 | ![]() | |
11:30 | 5/6 | South Korea ![]() |
25 : 26 | ![]() |
Ranking and Statistics
Final Ranking
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All Star Team
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info |
Top Goalkeepers
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Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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1 | Grit Jurack | ![]() |
85 | 137 | 62% |
2 | Anita Görbicz | ![]() |
80 | 136 | 59% |
3 | Marcelina Kiala | ![]() |
72 | 162 | 44% |
4 | Ramona Maier | ![]() |
60 | 94 | 64% |
5 | Sophie Herbrecht | ![]() |
59 | 119 | 50% |
6 | Nair Almeida | ![]() |
57 | 108 | 54% |
Tímea Tóth | ![]() |
112 | 51% | ||
Woo Sun-Hee | ![]() |
87 | 66% | ||
9 | Ilda Bengue | ![]() |
56 | 93 | 60% |
10 | Marta Mangué | ![]() |
55 | 82 | 67% |
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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